Tangles: A Cold War Love Story and Mystery

Tangles: A Cold War Love Story and Mystery

by Kay Smith-Blum

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Perfect for you if...

  • You're drawn to stories where personal vengeance and historical reckoning collide, especially ones rooted in real Cold War consequences.
  • You enjoy mysteries that unfold across decades and reward careful attention to seemingly small details.
  • You appreciate romance that deepens a larger story about courage and consequence, rather than driving the plot.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You want a straightforward thriller with a tight, linear timeline. This book moves between past and present in ways that demand patience.
  • You're looking for a love story where the relationship is central. Here it's a thread woven through a mystery and political reckoning.
  • You prefer your nuclear history lessons delivered as non-fiction. This embeds the education inside a narrative, which some find slower.

About this book

When a harpooned whale provides evidence that the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is endangering life in the Columbia River Basin, young scientist Luke Hinson sees an opportunity to investigate his father's death. However, a thyroid cancer diagnosis interrupts his research. Between treatments, Luke continues his work, making enemies in the process. During an overnight trek, he discovers that Mary, his former neighbor, had pursued the same dangerous investigation a decade earlier. Her disappearance may be connected to Hanford's harmful practices, which are shrouded in government secrecy. This Cold War home-front story combines a love story with a mystery, exploring the costs of the nuclear age's development. The narrative follows Luke's fierce determination as a fatherless son and examines the quiet courage of women harmed by these practices, while illustrating the power of individual action against institutional secrecy.

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